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A representative from the Kurdistan Communities Assembly lays flowers outside the office of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on July 13. Graham leaves a legacy as a foreign policy hawk and involved legislator.

Podcasts

The dog days are here already for Congress

Political Theater, Episode 414

By Jason Dick
Posted July 16, 2026 at 12:48pm

Sean Astin, left, president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, talks about his political and policy roles with Roll Call Editor-in-Chief Jason Dick on the Political Theater podcast.

Podcasts

Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval

By Jason Dick
Posted July 2, 2026 at 11:20am
A portion of the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for the upcoming UFC match to celebrate country’s 250th anniversary is seen from the North Lawn on May 28, 2026.

Podcasts

No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let’s talk about the ads

By Jason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee
Posted June 22, 2026 at 4:15pm
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy, talks about her documentary "Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing" with Jason Dick for the Political Theater podcast in Washington on Monday.

Podcasts

Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel

By Jason Dick
Posted June 16, 2026 at 11:30am
Tennis legend Billie Jean King, right, seen at a Women's History Month event at the Capitol in March 2022 with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., is the subject of the documentary "Give me the Ball!" the opening night title on Thursday for this year's DC/DOX documentary film festival.

DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond

By Jason Dick
Posted June 9, 2026 at 2:16pm
You can't always get what you want, politics edition

You can’t always get what you want, politics edition

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 4, 2026 at 3:35pm
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, topped Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent senator list for a few days before losing his primary. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, came in at No. 2 on the list and faces a competitive general election contest.

The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent list

By Jason Dick, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 18, 2026 at 5:52pm
Political Theater host Jason Dick, right, talks with filmmaker Mark Kassen about Kassen's new movie, “PH-1,” a political thriller about a U.S. senator held hostage in his own apartment.

Claustrophobic paranoid thriller? Count us in, ‘PH-1’

By Jason Dick
Posted May 4, 2026 at 2:52pm
Guests and armed security agents are seen during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner after a gunman tried to enter the ballroom of the Washington Hilton on Saturday.

A White House Correspondents’ dinner like no other

By Jason Dick
Posted April 29, 2026 at 1:32pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and podcaster Joe Rogan look on as President Donald Trump shakes hands with W. Bryan Hubbard, CEO of Americans for Ibogaine, during an executive order signing ceremony at the White House on April 18. The executive order aims to further medical research and clinical trials for certain psychedelic drugs. The use of psychedelics is a theme in the Thomas Pynchon novel “The Crying of Lot 49,” one of many parallels in the book to our current time, Political Theater discusses.

‘Shall I project a world?’ — ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ episode

By Jason Dick
Posted April 23, 2026 at 12:09pm